[RBW] Re: Bent Handlebars Question

About a week after putting a new pair of Noodles on my Atlantis (whatever the widest non-heat treated width is, possibly 46 actually), it caught a strong gust of wind while leaning on a tree and landed right on the right-side drop. It bent the bars in about 5mm or so. I've been riding the crap

[RBW] Re: Bent Handlebars Question

Thanks for your thoughts Bill and Jan, I'll most likely end up using them as they are only bent slightly. I agree with both of you, it is useful to remember how these are made and that they are essentially bent tubes in the first place. On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 5:00:43 PM UTC-8, Jan He

[RBW] Re: Bent Handlebars Question

Also consider how the bars are made at Nitto in the first place (see the article in the Winter 2014 *Bicycle Quarterly* ). They are just bent to shape. So a little bending to straighten them is fine. Of course, if they are truly bent or kinked, y

[RBW] Re: Bent Handlebars Question

For context, lots of people deliberately bend their new aluminum drop bars to their favorite shape. Flared drops were first custom bent drop bars. Furthermore, a dime worth could be the way they came new. You've seen the Nitto factory movie. It's still people doing the work. A dime worth of